Commercial Real Estate Magazine
N°1 - février 2026
Sommaire
LUC MAURICE NAMED REAL ESTATE PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
The year 2025 marked a decisive shift in the Québec real estate space. What was once viewed as a marginal issue or a cyclical imbalance had become a structural reality. The housing crisis is now front...
SOMMAIRE
LUC MAURICE NAMED REAL ESTATE PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
The year 2025 marked a decisive shift in the Québec real estate space. What was once viewed as a marginal issue or a cyclical imbalance had become a structural reality. The housing crisis is now front...
INTERVIEW
2025 PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
With the Mission Unitaînés project, businessman and philanthropist Luc Maurice has conceived and brought to life an innovative model that brings together the public sector, community support services...
A RELIEF, A GIFT, A BLESSING
Photographer, visual artist and writer Christine Bourgier places human beings, especially seniors, at the heart of her work. She met with residents of the Unitaînés building in St. Hyacinthe before,...
2025 RETROSPECTIVE
READING BETWEEN THE LINES OF THE MARKET TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE’RE HEADED
The year 2025 did not deliver a dramatic turning point, but it has subtly altered how the real estate market is being interpreted. Beyond interest rate cuts and tentative signs of stabilization,...
2025 OUTLOOK FOR GREATER MONTRÉAL'S REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY
In 2025 Canadian monetary policy, led by the Bank of Canada, was marked by a series of key rate cuts early in the year (from 3.25% to 2.75% between January 1 and March 12, followed by a pause), then a...
2025 RETROSPECTIVE - INFORMATEUR IMMOBILIER
2025 RETROSPECTIVE - INFORMATEUR IMMOBILIER
DECEMBER 2025 > LUC MAURICE named Real Estate Personality of the Year by Immobilier commercial magazine. > EMD-BATIMO: Presents its year-end review, confirming its position as a leading player in...
2025 RETROSPECTIVE
TOP 100 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS MONTRÉAL REGION An exclusive analysis by ALTUS GROUP for Commercial Real Estate Magazine
Notes Although this data has been compiled with care, neither the publisher nor the Altus Group can accept responsibility for any omissions or inaccuracies in the presented data. Should you wish to...
STRATEGY
VINCENT CHIARA’S PLAN TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS
Acting selflessly, the president of Mach has joined forces with partners to put forward a large-scale project aimed at easing Montréal’s homelessness crisis. I t all began last spring following a...
HYDRO-QUÉBEC’S ENERGY EFFICIENCY OFFERS – WINNERS, BEC AWARDS
ESSENTIAL ACTIONS TO ENSURE COLLECTIVE SUCCESS
The third awards gala of the Building Energy Challenge, held last September, recognized the outstanding energy erformance of several buildings. Actions taken by stakeholders to shape the future of...
WINNERS OF THE 3rd EDITION OF THE BUILDING ENERGY CHALLENGE
The following recipients distinguished themselves through exemplary energy performance throughout 2024. MOBILIZATION Award – SUPPLIER Kolostat – Krome LEADERSHIP IN SOUND ENERGY MANAGEMENT Award City...
REAL ESTATE DATA - QUÉBEC
TOP 25 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS QUÉBEC CITY REGION An exclusive analysis of GDA Services immobiliers intégrés for Commercial Real Estate Magazine
Transaction period: November 1, 2025 to December 21, 2025 Although this data has been compiled with care, neither the publisher nor GDA Services immobiliers intégrés can accept responsibility for any...
PROPERTY LAW
LEGITIMATE REFUSAL TO TRANSFER TITLE?
A promise to purchase was entered into between the Société québécoise des infrastructures ("SQI") and Complexe du Littoral inc. ("CDL") for the acquisition by SQI of a property owned by CDL for the...
REAL ESTATE ANALYSES
AFTER A SLOW START, INCREASE IN MONTRÉAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN 2025
Real estate transactions in Montréal got off to a slow start in early 2025, but picked up momentum since the second quarter of the year. This is partly due to market participants’ expectations that...
KEEPING AN EYE ON NEW TRENDS
HYBRID VENUES REAL ESTATE AS A LIVING SYSTEM
As in other major international cities, in Montréal the boundaries between work, personal life, consumption and culture are increasingly blurred. We no longer visit places solely for their function,...
TOP 15 PMML
TOP 15 PERMIT APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION STARTS IN THE MOST ACTIVE MONTRÉAL BOROUGHS IN 2025
An exclusive analysis by PMML for Commercial Real Estate Magazine EDITOR’S NOTE: Despite Montréal’s housing crisis, this analysis by PMML of construction permits issued for multi-residential buildings...
URBAN ISSUES
NEW ASSESSMENT ROLL IN A CHANGING REAL ESTATE LANDSCAPE
On September 10, the Greater Montréal council released its new property assessment roll for the 2026–2028 period. This triennial update provides insight not only into market trends, but also into how...
COMMON ARES
ALLEGROCUBE
The Montréal Courthouse is a building that does not go unnoticed. It consists of a 20-storey tower (far fewer than the 40 or 30 floors initially envisioned, but still noticeably taller than many...
SOUTH SHORE AND LAVAL AMONG TOP SUBMARKETS FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN 2025
Montréal’s off-island submarkets continued to attract a significant portion of the market’s sales volume this year. Approximately 50 cents of every dollar spent was on transactions in the South Shore,...
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATIONS AND EMERGING TRENDS IN REAL ESTATE IN QUÉBEC MORE STRUCTURED, EFFICIENT AND RESILIENT MODELS
Québec’s real estate sector is undergoing a profound transition. Pressures on housing affordability, rising construction costs, increasingly stringent environmental requirements and growing climate-...
CMHC EXPERTISE
NEW REALITY FOR QUÉBEC’S RENTAL MARKET
2023 marked a turning point: Québec’s vacancy rate hit a historic low of 1.3%, alongside a record increase in rents approaching 8%. This occurred despite robust rental apartment construction in the...
WOMEN'S EXPERTISE IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
STUDENT HOUSING A MODULAR, COLLABORATIVE PROJECT IN RIMOUSKI PAVES A WAY OUT OF THE CRISIS
In Rimouski finding housing has become a real obstacle course, and for students the situation is even more acute. With a vacancy rate that has dropped as low as 0.2%–one of the lowest in...
INDUSTRY INFO
INDUSTRY INFO $400M REAL ESTATE PROJECT CONFIRMED IN SAINTE-FOY
Groupe Medway has launched construction on its $400 million mixed-use development at 3000 Laurier Boulevard in Sainte-Foy, following the issuance of a major permit. The 28-storey building will include...
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